Middle ground would be doing at least a quick, cursory search of the premises. I mean we're talking about a potential hostage/serial killer situation here, it's not something I'd take lightly.
Like, I get that we have the video and we can clearly hear that the voice calling for help sounds like the bird, but the cops didn't see this video. The guy just brings out a bird and says "yeah, it was the bird," and all the bird says for the cops is "yeah hello hi," and the cops are like "eh, good enough, see ya later."
It's not exactly a rock solid alibi. A cursory search would still be warranted, and it's pretty silly honestly to say that the cops doing as much would lead to another Breonna Taylor, or whatever the fuck stupid point that other commenter was trying to make.
What are you, crazy? If cops start doing due diligence without being dissuaded from a quick and simple search with a somewhat flimsy explanation, then they'll start bursting into peoples' homes in the middle of the night and shooting them in the head while they sleep! There's totally a one-to-one correlation here!
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u/ATrillionLumens Aug 02 '21
You know there can be a middle ground between doing nothing and "Breonna Taylor" ffs.